Last week while staying in the Soweto township, I had the privilege of touring one of Bosasa’s Youth Development Centers (a facility for incarcerated youth.) Stepping inside, everything about the space was the opposite of a detention center found in the United States. While Bosasa is a privately run facility, their focus is on education, identity development, rehabilitation, all through restorative justice practices. The young men walked around freely, played music and games,

As the Truth and Reconciliation Committee ended, there was much concern about continuing growth discussions around discrimination and oppression. As a result, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation was founded in May, 2000, to further the work of the TRC. Last week, I sat down with their Education Projet Leader, Lucretia Arense, and Cecyl Esau, leader of the Schools’ Oral History Project, to hear their take on how schools are dealing with diversity, and the role of the